Israeli Artificial Intelligence Startup Opens Boston-Area HQ

Haim Senior, Knowmail’s CEO and co-founder (courtesy of the company) The CEO of Knowmail, an Israeli startup that’s trying to solve email overload with artificial intelligence, has relocated to Boston with plans to grow a local office to as many as 20 people in 2016. Knowmail is focused on developing AI approaches to improve corporate messaging, to help workers prioritize emails. The company’s algorithms “recognize an individual’s state of mind and messaging consumption habits” in order to better manage the massive quantities of email, while predicting what the next ideal actions are for an employee. The technology integrates into existing email applications and learns an individual’s behaviors, “allowing them to focus on the things that matter most and optimize the time spent communicating,” according to Knowmail. The focus is on…